Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mintā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mentha.

Noun

*mintā f[1]

mint

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mintā	*mintōn
Accusative	*mintōn	*mintōn
Genitive	*mintōn	*mintōnō
Dative	*mintōn	*mintōm
Instrumental	*mintōn	*mintōm

Descendants

Old English: minte
Old Saxon: minta
Old High German: minza

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *mintā”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *mintā”